February 2010
Citi Foundation Program Improving Communities Right Now! Creates New Jobs in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
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October 13-15, 2010. Training workshops for local craftsmen devoted to legal and marketing issues related to small-business development were organized in Gorodetsky raion, Nizhny Novgorod oblast, by the Citi Foundation Program Improving Communities Right Now! The workshops took place at the local City of Craftsmen. The attendees displayed a special interest in the presentations of experts who described the procedure of obtaining patents by businesses operating in the sphere of traditional arts and crafts.
February 2010
2010 The Fund for Sustainable Development Took Part in the SEE Your Future: Society, Economy and Environment Conference
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IThis Conference was held on February 18, 2010 in Moscow at the Higher School of Economics and was sponsored by the youth organization AIESEC with the aim of increasing youth awareness about the concepts and opportunities of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. The Conference was attended by over 100 students of economics, humanities and technical departments of Moscow leading universities, business representatives and journalists.
Victor Danilov-Danilyan, director of the Institute of Water Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences and the chairman of FSD Board of Directors, appeared at the Conference with his speech devoted to “The Lessons of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis and Sustainable Development”.
January 2010
CDSP helps to solve TB related problems and other health issues.
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| New heat insulating windows and doors help keeping TB infected patients warm and safe in TB dispensary of Selenginskoye settlement (Republic of Buryatia) |
In the framework of Round 5 Community Development Support Program operated by the Fund for Sustainable Development an urgent assistance was offered for improving infrastructure and energy efficiency of facilities related to TB issues. As a result of competition six projects worth $ 117 400 provided by USAID have been supported. Four specialized TB clinics and nine healthcare stations and kindergartens medical units related to TB curing and prevention in Khabarovskiy Krai, Irkutsk Oblast, and Republics of Adygeya, Buriatia, and Chechnya received funds for modernizing their infrastructure and improving quality of treatment of TB-infected patients and working conditions for medical staff.